Now listen to the 'Conservatives' cry and whine over another dictator with American blood on his hands. We aided the Libyans in destroying a man and system that was truly evil and left it up to the Libyans to decide what kind of government they wish to have. A resounding success without having to expend that much money, and without losing a drop of American blood.
When you think that you're "exceptional", that the rules don't apply to you, that the world needs to bow to your "exceptionalism", you can evidently justify any cost, any amount of deaths, any amount of misery, any destruction, any long-term damage. A very counterproductive psychosis, indeed.
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Are we discussing the same thing? We aided an internal revolution against a man that had ordered the murder of hundreds of innocent Americans. We did not carpet bomb cities, instead NATO concentrated on Khadafi's military. From Lockerbie until that Libyan put a bullet through Khadifi's head, there was a blood debt that Khadafi owed this nation. A debt President Obama helped collect.
I suppose next you are going to cry about how we violated Pakistan's soveriegnty in getting Bin Laden.
In fact, what you 'Conservatives' are crying about is a policy that states that if you kill Americans without reason, you will pay with your life. We won't bomb the cities you hide in, we won't use your actions as an excuse to to adventuring, as in Iraq, we will find you, and kill you! I fully approve of that policy.
Had we had that policy after 9-11, we would not have invaded and occupied Afghanistan, we would simply have gone in, killed Bin Laden, and left. Then continued to kill, as we are doing at present, all the Al Queda that we are able to locate. Under such a policy, we never would have invaded Iraq, and would not have paid such a terrible price in blood and national treasure for nothing.
The effect of the doctrine by the previous administration on our military is being demonstrated right now. For 2012, deaths by suicide in the US Military outnumber the deaths by combat. We need to pull fully out of both Iraq and Afghanistan. And simply go after the people that are causing the trouble.